Terrorist groups - foreign based:
al-Qa'ida (AQ): aim(s): drive Westerners and Western influences from Morocco and, ultimately, establish a pan-Islamic caliphate under a strict Salafi Muslim interpretation of Sharia area(s) of operation: maintains a limited money laundering presence; al-Qa'ida attacks over the years galvanized the populace to protest against group; authorities continue to pursue members and supporters for arrest; on 16 May 2003, a team of 12 suicide bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, killing 43 civilians and injuring at least 100; they attacked a Spanish restaurant, a Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian Consulate
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): aim(s): enhance its recruitment network and, ultimately, replace the Moroccan Government with an Islamic state and implement ISIL's strict interpretation of Sharia area(s) of operation: maintains an operational and recruitment presence across the country, where authorities have taken members into custody in most of Morocco's major cities; authorities have seized weapons and bombmaking materials since 2014, foiling several ISIL attacks and plots to assassinate Military officers; hundreds of ISIL's fighters in Syria were recruited in Morocco